Authority of Department of Health and Human Services to study drug overdoses; report.

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1. The Department of Health and Human Services may engage in efforts to ascertain and document the number, trends, patterns and risk factors related to fatalities caused by unintentional opioid-related drug overdoses and other drug overdoses.

2. The Department of Health and Human Services may publish an annual report that:

(a) Presents the information acquired pursuant to subsection 1; and

(b) Provides information concerning interventions that may be effective in reducing fatal and nonfatal opioid-related drug overdoses and other drug overdoses, including, without limitation, the use of opioid analgesic drugs that contain abuse-deterrent mechanisms and access to such drugs.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 112)


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